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Six fines for five players total $42,500 from Ravens-Rams game

Joe Flacco, Eugene Sims

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, right, scrambles for yardage as St. Louis Rams defensive end Eugene Sims, left, defends during the first quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)

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Sunday’s Ravens-Rams game was a blowout on the field, with Baltimore jumping out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and cruising to a 37-7 win. But at least the Rams beat the Ravens in the fine department.

The NFL issued a total of six different fines, for five players, for illegal hits in the Ravens-Rams game, and only one of those fines went to a Ravens player.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Rams receiver Danario Alexander was fined $5,000 for roughing the kicker on a Ravens extra point, Rams guard Jacob Bell was fined $7,500 for an illegal chop block, Rams tackle Jason Smith was fined $7,500 for facemasking and Rams cornerback Bradley Fletcher was handed two $7,500 fines, one for a late hit and one for a horse collar tackle.

Terrell Suggs was the only Raven fined, getting docked $7,500 for facemasking.

Add it all up, and the five players lost a total of $42,500 in income for the game. All in a day’s work in the NFL.